Elevator Features Lickable Wallpaper

Finally there is something else to do in an elevator besides avert your eyes from fellow passengers by staring at the number display. One such elevator in a London office building got a lift with the installation of edible wallpaper.

The walls of the world's first lickable elevator were lined with 1,325 Jaffa Cakes, a light sponge cake covered in crackly chocolate with "orangey bits" made by the McVities company — an endeavor that took four weeks to install. The senior brand manager of McVitie's told The Drum that this was, "the perfect way to get a little joy straight to stressed out office workers."

Posted by Kiri Tannenbaum

Kiri Tannenbaum is a contributing editor at Delish. Her love of food was sparked by an extended stay in Florence, Italy, where she assisted in the kitchen, shaving bittersweet chocolate over creamy, homemade tiramisu. Though she has no Italian blood in her lineage, Kiri always makes her sauce from scratch and hopes one day to adopt an Italian grandmother. Read More

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